Arrest

The act of stopping or staying a person or proceeding by authority of law. The restraint of a person's liberty by the actual seizure or apprehension of his body, or otherwise, in execution of some legal process. In modern practice an arrest always contemplates either an actual seizure, or, what is equivalent, a restraint of the person, with a power of actual seizure if necessary. Arrest of jndgment: the act of staying a judgment, after verdict, for error appearing on the face of the record,.irrestandis bonis ne dissipentnr, II. A writ which lay for one whose cattle or goods were taken by a person who was likely to make away with them and was not able to make amends.